We report on the activity of fullerene-supported OsO(4) catalysts in the achiral dihydroxylation of olefins using N-methylmorpholine N-oxide as co-oxidant. The fullerene-supported OsO(4) catalysts can selectively dihydroxylate olefins with conversions up to 95% after 48 h without leaching, and the catalysts can be recovered and recycled several times.

The hydration of terminal olefins to secondary alcohols has been achieved using a Pd(II)/Ru(II) catalyst combination with high regioselectivity and yields. Both vinyl arenes and aliphatic olefins can be hydrated easily with the tandem catalyst system using a low catalyst loading of 1 mol%.

With the consumption of fossil fuels, level CO2 in atmosphere is growing rapidly, which leads to global warming. Hence, chemical conversion into high value-added products one most important approaches reducing emissions. Due being simple, inexpensive and environmentally friendly, direct synthesis cyclic carbonates from olefins a promising project for industrial application. In this review, we d...

The base-catalyzed hydroamination of olefins offers a simple and elegant access to various primary, secondary, and tertiary amines. Particular focus is placed on developments in the area of hydroamination of non-activated olefins. Advantages and disadvantages of the methodology compared to other synthetic methods are presented. Special attention is paid to potential industrial applications of t...

The first catalytic asymmetric [3+2] cyclization of quinone monoimides with olefins has been established, which employed 3-vinylindoles as a class of competent olefins and spiro-chiral phosphoric acid as a powerful chiral catalyst, leading to chemo-, diastereo- and enantioselective construction of a biologically important 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran framework with optical purity (up to 99% yield, >95...

A microreactor of hollow polymeric microspheres with Pd nanoparticles immobilized in its wall is designed for hydrogenation of olefins under organic/aqueous biphasic catalysis. The microreactor has an ability to encapsulate and concentrate olefins within the vacancy of the hollow microspheres in the aqueous phase, and therefore hydrogenation within the microreactors runs efficiently with concen...

A ditopic hydrogen-bond-donor template in the form of resorcinol facilitates a [2+2] cross-photodimerisation of 4-Cl-stilbazole and 4-Me-stilbazole in a rare cocrystal solid solution. A photoreaction does not proceed with the olefins individually or as a solid solution composed solely of the two olefins.